WE MAY not be able to see them with the naked eye, but we can see – and hear, smell, feel and touch – the effects of micro-organisms all around us. That’s the premise of John Ingraham, who has written this introduction to bacteria, fungi and other microscopic life forms as a field guide for “microbe watchers”.
From the mundane (a smelly fish, a child with earache) to the exotic (hydrothermal vents), Ingraham presents the microbes behind so much of the world around us. He drives home the point that without these overlooked life forms we wouldn’t be here at all.
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